Trump's Oklahoma Campaign Manager, Who Once Introduced An Anti-ImmigrantLaw To "Stop Sex Trafficking Of Children," Admits To Trafficking Young BoyFor Sex

Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey has resigned after pleadingguilty to trafficking a teenaged boy for sex; when Shortey was serving asTrump's Oklahoma campaign manager, he introduced an anti-sanctuary citiesbill, claiming that immigrants trafficked their children for sex.

Shortey's plea bargain got the prosecutors to drop three child pornographycharges against him.

According to The Oklahoman, Shortey was found in a hotel room with ateenage boy on March 9. A subsequent investigation by local and federalofficials revealed a series of text messages in which Shortey offered topay the teen in exchange for sexual stuff.

The victim later confirmed that he and Shortey intended to have sexualcontact and that they had agreed Shortey would pay him for the contact,the paper reported, citing a court affidavit...

When you incentivize illegal immigration, you incentivize a lot of badthings, Shortey told NBC affiliate 4-KFOR. Theres a trail of death fromHonduras to the United States of America, and the families are givingtheir children and others over to coyotes and to human traffickers.

Trump campaign chair trafficked kids for sex after accusing immigrants ofdoing the same By Caroline Orr |NOVEMBER 19, 2017Former GOP lawmaker Ralph Shortey, who chaired Trump's campaign inOklahoma, will plead guilty later this month to child sex traffickingcharges  the very same crime he used to demonize immigrants.

Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair and former state senator, RalphShorteyKFOR.com Former Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey, whoalso served as the Trumps campaign chair in the state, agreed this weekto plead guilty to child sex trafficking charges after getting caughtearlier this year offering to pay a teenage boy for sex. According to TheOklahoman, Shortey was found in a hotel room with a teenage boy on March9. A subsequent investigation by local and federal officials revealed aseries of text messages in which Shortey offered to pay the teen inexchange for sexual stuff. The victim later confirmed that he andShortey intended to have sexual contact and that they had agreed Shorteywould pay him for the contact, the paper reported, citing a courtaffidavit. In exchange for the guilty plea, federal prosecutors agreed todrop three additional counts of child pornography against Shortey, who hassince resigned from his state senate seat. The investigation of the Marchincident uncovered evidence that Shortey had been living a secret life,using fake news to solicit sex and exchanging pornography with underageboys. While all of that was going on, Shortey  an early supporter ofTrump who would later go on to lead Trumps state campaign  maintained avery different life in public.

In February, Shortey introduced a bill that would cut funding to cities orcounties that adopt sanctuary policies protecting undocumented immigrants.The legislation was put forth as a growing number of localities declaredthemselves sanctuary cities in response to Trumps new immigrationpolicies.

Upon introducing the bill, Shortey said the measure was needed becauseillegal immigration could lead to all sorts of bad things  like humantrafficking.

When you incentivize illegal immigration, you incentivize a lot of badthings, Shortey told NBC affiliate 4-KFOR. Theres a trail of death fromHonduras to the United States of America, and the families are givingtheir children and others over to coyotes and to human traffickers.

Shortey accused immigrants of giving their children to traffickers justweeks before he was caught engaging in child sex trafficking. This is justthe latest example of a member of the so-called party of family valuesgetting caught in a sex abuse scandal.

Just this week it was revealed that conservative activist Tony Perkins,one of Trumps faith advisers, had covered up allegations of childsexual abuse against a GOP lawmaker.

And all of this comes amid the backdrop of mounting allegations of childsexual abuse against Alabama lawmaker Roy Moore, the Republican candidatefor U.S. Senate.

While many prominent Republicans have distanced themselves from Moore,Trump has notably refused to rescind his endorsement of the accused sexualpredator  likely because it would involve confronting his own sexualassault scandals.

But from state to state and all the way to Washington, the GOP cant hidefrom the rank hypocrisy and appalling depravity increasingly coming tolight from within the dark recesses of the party.